Government & Politics
The internet and politics nowadays are inseperable; politicians often look for different ways of putting themselves out there, they evolved from television and radio stations to cyber-space. They have websites, integrated themselves into social network sites and now send text messages to any subscriber’s phone on their individual developments.
One of the readings I did for this session “Real-Time Politics: The Internet and the Political Process” talks about “development of social networks and ways that technology is now used to bind people together into a polity”, It went into detail different proposals on how people think the internet will be beneficial to politics. The different proposals all seem attractive in that they create ways for diversity and personal freedom but neglected the implication of what the internet is naturally perceived as.
The internet which is used by people for leisure purposes is now home to democracy and a nation’s future development. The internet represents a fast paced, strong, powerful and concise world so advertisement there is can reach out to thousand of people who go online for anything and with the help of pop-ups, you are bound to notices any and everything. That is the good of it, the bad comes from people’s inadequacies, will they be more inclined to listen to politician’s debates online and give/receive quick and easy feedback or would they want a televised debated where each individual’s opinion is clearly stated. The internet is a powerful and dangerous tool for anybody, those voting and those that are voted for, we need to carefully make our choice for not how interesting and fascinating E-government is, but for how well the government will please the people.
More information can also be found at this site,
In Bush-Gore Race, 3 Words for Media: 'You've Got Mail' By Peter Marks
http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/00/06/biztech/articles/01email.html
Internet Politics 2004: The Good, The Bad and the Unknown
http://www.personaldemocracy.com/node/184
The internet and elections
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/4077105.stm
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First I wanted say that I'am not a big fan of politics, however, I do vote. Politics will do what ever they have to do to win the registered citizen vote including presenting themselves over the Internet through advertisements, their own personal website, or emails. By the way I never receive emails messages from candidates. I mostly receive from phone or by direct mail. Some of those advertisements that are emailed to you can be spam, so I normally delete them right away. But whatever means necessary for the candidate be competitive, they would risk it.
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